In the list of Han Kingdom, in the expectation of many people, most of the people on the list are children of famous families from all over the world, which is also the advantage of famous children.

Although some people suspect that the imperial examination is suspected of fraud, the mainstream voice recognizes this list, which is something that everyone knows, and it is impossible for the children of the poor to compete with the children of the famous families.

For most of the children of poor families, they are also eager to be on the list, but they are more willing to accept the reality and enter the country to study.

And the first place on the list is still unexpected by many people, not from Jingzhou or Yizhou family, nor from Longxi or Guanzhong famous families, but from Changshan County, Hebei, a scholar named Lu Cong, it is said that this person is Lu Zhi's grandson.

For a time, all kinds of speculations about Lu Cong were overwhelming, some people suspected that he was able to go to high school because of his fellow villager Zhao Yun, some people thought that it was because the Han Kingdom wanted to envelop the Hebei family, and some people mysteriously spread rumors that Lu Cong brought 10,000 taels of gold to Chang'an this time.

All in all, since ancient times, literati have been inferior to each other, and whoever gets the first place will inevitably have to bear all kinds of gossip.

Before dawn, on the Qinzheng Square of Weiyang Palace, a hundred high school scholars had already bathed and changed their clothes, changed into white Eguanbo robes, and gathered in the square to wait to enter the hall.

Everyone's excitement was full of desire for a future career, Jiang Wei walked quickly through the crowd and found Lu Cong.

This time, Jiang Wei was ranked 24th in high school, although he did not make it to the top ten, but as the youngest scholar on the list this time, he was also quite eye-catching, only seventeen years old, and he won the imperial examination, which made many thirty or forty-year-old old scholars ashamed.

"Brother Lu!" Jiang Wei found Lu Cong and greeted him excitedly from afar.

Lu Cong also saw Jiang Wei, hurriedly walked over, and complained a little: "I'm also looking for you everywhere, I thought you didn't come, where did you go?" ”

"I'm a little slower to change my clothes, just now."

Lu Cong pulled Jiang Wei aside and said in a low voice: "I got a message, this time you can choose where you want to go, you can go to the local area as a county official, you can also stay in Chang'an as a scholar, and you can also go to the army for training, where are you going to go?" ”

"I'm going to join the army!"

Jiang Wei's decision did not make Lu Cong strange, Jiang Wei was originally Zhao Yun's apprentice, and it was normal for him to choose to join the army.

"Brother Lu, what about you?" Jiang Wei also asked.

"I plan to go to the local area to become a county official, although many people persuade me to stay in Beijing so that I can meet more contacts, but I want to do something practical for the people."

"The top three can choose their own counties, where is Brother Lu going to choose?"

Lu Cong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, "I want to go to Hexi or Lingzhou, or the Hehuang area." ”

Jiang Wei nodded silently, he knew that Lu Cong was a person with great ambitions and would not covet immediate benefits, "I support Brother Lu's decision!" ”

At this time, Lu Cong remembered something again, and laughed in a low voice: "The third name is Wang Zhi, do you remember what I told you?"

Jiang Wei nodded, of course he remembered that Wang Zhi's real name was Zhang Zhi, and he was Zhang Zhao's nephew, but he didn't expect him to be the third in high school, and he deserved to be a famous disciple of the Zhang family.

At this time, someone suddenly shouted to them, "Brother Lu, Brother Jiang!" ”

As soon as the two turned around, they saw Gu Han squeezing over, and he smiled excitedly: "So you are here!" ”

Gu Han ranked seventy-seventh in the exam this time and also won the list, but unfortunately Zhang Ting fell off the list and was outside the two hundred.

Although Lu Jiang and the others did not have a very deep friendship with him, after all, they knew each other and lived together, and the two of them also smiled and said, "Congratulations to Brother Gu High School!" ”

"I can't compare to you, I'm ashamed, accompany the last list."

Gu Han said in a low voice: "I heard that you can choose where you go, do you have any plans?" ”

Lu Cong and Jiang Wei glanced at each other and shook their heads, "We haven't thought about it yet." ”

Jiang Wei asked, "What about Brother Gu's plan?" ”

"Of course I want to stay in Chang'an, this is also the family's expectation, this time the eight Jiangdong scholars on the list unanimously decided to stay in Chang'an."

Lu Cong can ignore Gu Han's decision, their Gu family has no shortage of fame in Jiangdong, but they have no connections in Chang'an, and keeping their children in Chang'an is also to gradually establish contacts in Chang'an.

At this time, a courtesy officer shouted in the distance, "Queue up and enter the temple!" ”

Hundreds of scholars lined up, facing the morning light, the two teams entered the Qinzheng Palace, in order to avoid suspicion, the three main halls of Weiyang Palace have not been officially opened, only to hold some heavy dà ceremonies are temporarily opened.

Today, 100 scholars in the list of scholars collectively visited, then opened the largest hall of the Weiyang Palace, 100 scholars in the guidance of the official to enter, on both sides of the hall sat dozens of Han civil and military officials, looking at these young scholars, have turned their heads to discuss with each other, on the high steps, sitting Han King Liu Jing.

The scholars had been trained in etiquette beforehand, and they stepped forward to salute together, "See His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Liu Jing smiled and waved his hand, "Talents, free of charge!" ”

Everyone stood up straight, Liu Jing got up and walked to the front of the steps, and said slowly to everyone: "This time, 50,000 people participated in the imperial examination, but in the end, only 100 were admitted, and only one of the 500 people made the list. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jing beckoned, two officials about thirty years old walked out from the side, saluted Liu Jing, Liu Jing pointed at them and said: "The one on the left is Cui Shi, the left of the Criminal Department, the first place in the Xiangyang imperial examination that year, the one on the right is Cheng Xun Zhi in the imperial history, and the seventh place in the Xiangyang imperial examination that year, I believe everyone has heard of it, in just five or six years, they have become two thousand stone high-ranking officials, they have been county officials, as county officials, Taishou, to inspect and supervise all over the country, although the qualifications are not deep, but they have risen step by step with excellent political achievements, In the end, he became the youngest high-ranking official of 2,000 stones in the Han Dynasty. ”

The example in front of them made the blood of all the scholars boil, and they all longed for themselves to be like Cui Shi and Xun Zhi, who took only five or six years to become high-ranking officials.

Liu Jing smiled again: "Although Cui and Xun are the best in the Xiangyang Imperial Examination, it does not mean that others are not good at mixing, in fact, among the one hundred and twenty people admitted to the Xiangyang Imperial Examination, only more than 30 people are still hovering in the position of the county order, and the remaining more than 80 people have served as county officials or even Taishou, you are like them, you are facing the opportunity of the prosperity of my Han Dynasty, as long as you work hard, be honest and self-disciplined, you will definitely succeed." ”

The gentlemen applauded together in such excitement that they were so excited that they even shouted.

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After receiving the scholars of Zhongbang, Liu Jing returned to his official room, although he was very concerned about this imperial examination, but now he was more concerned about sending troops to Jiangdong, it was the beginning of August, and they had to end the Jiangdong campaign before the New Year.

There is not much time left for him, he must do his best, and when he returned to the official room, Liu Jing immediately brought the Xiangguo of Shangshu Province to him, and participated in the discussion together with the left and right Cheng of Zhongshu Province.

In the meeting hall, everyone gathered together, Liu Jing took out a courier and said to everyone: "This is an urgent express sent by Huang Zhong from Chaisang, at present, 70,000 troops have been assembled, together with the 20,000 Han troops deployed on the north bank of Jianye and the 10,000 troops of Huiji County, a total of 100,000 troops, the time is ripe to destroy Jiangdong." ”

Sima Yi also got up and said to everyone: "According to the news we got from Jiangdong, a few months ago, Sun Quan conscripted 30,000 soldiers again in response to the crisis, and forcibly conscripted 100,000 people to dig the Jiangnan Canal, the taxes were heavy, Jiangdong was in a depression, and the whole Jiangdong was angered, the people were not attached, and countless people fled to Huiji County, Yuzhang and Jiujiang counties expressed their willingness to belong to the Han State, we can no longer allow Jiangdong to continue to decline, otherwise even if it is unified, it will become a burden for us." ”

Everyone already understood Liu Jing's determination to destroy Jiangdong, not that they could stop it, at this time Jiang Wan got up and said: "Although our financial resources have not been fully recovered, but this year's summer grain harvest in various places, the government has a certain reserve of grain, at present, Jingzhou has mobilized 200,000 stone of grain to Chaisang, and at least 200,000 stone is needed to maintain pacification after the occupation of Jiangdong, if we take into account the harvest of autumn grain, we can basically deal with this Jiangdong campaign, in addition, the Jiangdong campaign does not need to be Hefei Campaign, and we will not spend too much money on the compensation of the fallen soldiers." The key is that the campaign cannot be delayed until next spring, otherwise it will have a great impact on the people's livelihood in Jiangdong, and we may not be able to support it. ”

Liu Jing smiled at everyone: "In fact, the Hefei Campaign can be ended in only two or three months, and it only lasted for more than half a year just to drag down Cao Wei, while Jiangdong is the opposite, we have laid an excellent foundation in Jiangdong, and I can assure you that the Jiangdong Campaign will be over within two months." ”

Everyone laughed, but Xu Shu was a little worried: "Does Your Highness have to go out in person?" Maybe the two generals Huang Zhong and Gan Ning can destroy Jiangdong. ”

Liu Jing shook his head, "Although they can defeat the Jiangdong Army militarily, they can't stabilize Jiangdong politically, I said before that it is not difficult to capture Jiangdong, but if Jiangdong wants to return to the Han State with a happy heart, it must be up to me to come out personally." ”

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